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The Cherokee have several uses for the plant. They take an infusion of it to prevent recurrent spasms, use the root bark as a diaphoretic and a tonic, and take a compound infusion of it for fever, smallpox and ague. They also use an infusion of the bark as a wash for a sore tongue. [9]
The fruit is a small round blue-black drupe, 8–16 mm (0.31–0.63 in) long on a reddish stem; it is thick-skinned, sweet, and rather juicy. The stone is oblong oval, flattened. The roots are fibrous. The wood is ill-smelling, dark orange brown, heavy, hard, close-grained, with a specific gravity of 0.7303.
Leaves with entire margins, not lightly toothed as typical for Viburnum cassinoides. Viburnum cassinoides most often grows as a dense multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded crown, typically to heights of 5-6 ft (1.5-1.8 m). [4] Its leaves are simple, opposite, ovate to broadly lanceolate, about 2-4 in (2.5-10 cm) long and have lightly toothed ...
Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny . [ 2 ] It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae .
Viburnum rhytidophyllum, the leatherleaf viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae. [1] It is native to Asia.. This vigorous, coarsely textured evergreen shrub has an upright habit and 8-inch (20 cm) long, lustrous, deeply veined oval leaves with dark blue-green surfaces and pale green undersides.
Viburnum lantanoides (commonly known as hobble-bush, [1] witch-hobble, alder-leaved viburnum, American wayfaring tree, [2] and moosewood [3]) is a perennial shrub of the family Adoxaceae (formerly in the Caprifoliaceae), growing 2–4 meters (6–12 ft) high with pendulous branches that take root where they touch the ground.
Viburnum nudum is a deciduous shrub in the genus Viburnum within the muskroot family, Adoxaceae (It was formerly part of Caprifoliaceae, the honeysuckle family). [2]One variety of the species is Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides; synonyms for this variety Viburnum nitidum Aiton, Viburnum cassinoides, Viburnum cassinoides var. harbisonii, Viburnum cassinoides var. nitidum, and Viburnum nitidum.
Viburnum dilatatum can grow up to 3 meters tall and wide. [3] The bark of the stems are brown with some orange, the stems are pubescent, and stems change color from brown to a dark gray as they mature. [4] The leaves are simple, arranged opposite on a branch and the shape may vary from broadly obovate, obovate, or broadly ovate. [5]